Ellen Muriel Deason (August 30, 1919 – July 16, 2012), known professionally as Kitty Wells, was an American pioneering female country music singer. She broke down a barrier to women in country music with her 1952 hit recording "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels", which also made her the first female country singer to top the U.S. country charts and turned her into the first female country superstar. “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels” would also be her first of several pop crossover hits. Wells is the only artist to be awarded top female vocalist awards for 14 consecutive years. Her chart-topping hits continued until the mid 1960s, paving the way for and inspiring a long list of female country singers who came to prominence in the 1960s.
Wells ranks as the sixth most successful female vocalist in the history of the Billboard country charts, according to historian Joel Whitburn's book The Top 40 Country Hits. In 1976, she was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 1991, she became the third country music artist, after Roy Acuff and Hank Williams, and the eighth woman to receive the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Wells' success and influence on country music garnered her the title "Queen of Country Music".
4 comments:
I found a few Kitty albums that I didn't have in my collection. Thank you so much for those. Well, Kitty has never been on of my favorite female country singers, but it is pure country music from one of the greatest in country music. So, I welcome these albums, and once again, thank you from this ol' country boy LasseLloyd!
Hi LasseLloyd
Real glad that you are enjoying these albums.
Stay well and stay safe.
Regards
Ozzieguy
Thanks for sharing Kitty,
A few I haven't seen
Gday Alan
Please enjoy, she was brilliant.
Regards
Ozzieguy
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